From Miss Rosen’s article on Amos Badertscher for Huck:

While many dream of living freely as an artist, few have the means to walk the path less travelled. Half a century ago, Amos Badertscher (1936−2023) decided to do just this after his father passed in 1973. He invested the inheritance in himself, using it to build a life where he could live comfortably, if modestly, as a photographer without having to sell any work.

Badertscher took up photography during the mid-’60s while working as a teacher in his hometown of Baltimore, and quickly became devoted to the male figure at a time when the sale and distribution of full-frontal nudity was still illegal. His home readily doubled as a studio and darkroom, creating a sanctuary where he could explore the spaces where art, photography, sexuality, and intimacy are born.

Read the full article from Huck
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